Robert Towne

NOC NOC: How ‘Mission: Impossible’ Lit the Fuse of Action Stardom Within Tom Cruise

Mission: Impossible poster art by Radostina/CinemaCity00   July 18, 2023   By Tim Pelan   In my mid-50s, doing 'Carlito's…

9 months ago

Hal Ashby’s ‘Shampoo’: The Brazen Comedy that Depicted the End of the Sixties’s Innocence

  By Sven Mikulec After saying saying farewell to the nation in a televized address, Richard Nixon handed in his…

7 years ago

‘The Parallax View’: Pakula’s Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America

  By Sven Mikulec The seventies were a unique period in the history of the United States, with general dissatisfaction…

8 years ago

‘The Last Detail’: Hal Ashby and Robert Towne’s Slice of the ’70s America

  By Sven Mikulec It was Robert Towne, one of the greatest script doctors that Hollywood has ever seen, that…

8 years ago

‘Bonnie and Clyde’: An Exquisite Filmmaking Vision that Captured the Essence of the Sixties

  By Sven Mikulec Revolutionary in its depiction of gritty, blood-splattering violence, cleverly and to great effect exploiting the counter-culture…

9 years ago

Sydney Pollack’s ‘The Yakuza’: The Merging of Two Worlds in a Timeless Gangster Classic

  By Sven Mikulec   The significance of Sydney Pollack's 1974 neo-noir gangster film The Yakuza lies not only its…

9 years ago

Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ is one of the most impressive works of the period, an amazing experience from all angles

Produced by the great Robert Evans, Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir Chinatown is without any doubt one of the most finely…

9 years ago